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You need insulation and ventiliation
A critical part of the Government’s strategy on climate change is to persuade people to waste less energy by insulating their homes. In fact this is the Government’s main strategy. The United Kingdom...
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Reducing the United Kingdom’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes
The United Kingdom’s Climate Change and Energy Secretary, Mr Ed Miliband, has been announcing some “policies” which are intended at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by households. He intends to do...
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Dumping compact fluorescent light bulbs – you could not make it up!
I am always complaining that government targets (and world targets) do not help in the fight against climate change. Instead of targets we should have laws requiring the taking of measures. In the...
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National Energy Action’s plan for insulating the homes of the United Kingdom
Today in Brighton the National Energy Action Charity, a charity concerned with fuel poverty, launch their annual conference and if you are in Brighton and pop into their exhibition you will see some...
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Emissions and pie crust promises
If Mary Poppins was an environmental commentator she would describe the various noises coming out of governments and local authorities throughout the world about reducing carbon dioxide emissions as...
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Renewable energy: a prize for the Minister who actually answers questions
Last week in Parliament the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change was asked how the £5.8 billion that the Government would spend on renewable energy over the three years ended April 2011...
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How tax collection becomes a profit centre for energy companies
Npower have been widely criticised for handing out three million low energy bulbs to customers, who never asked for them. Ofgem has “expressed concern” and the Green Party have described this as...
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The Shrinkage of the Green Economy
Mr Stern now thinks that he understated the consequences of climate change when he wrote his report. He also thinks that the government should engage the private sector in developing economic growth...
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Large Scale Solar Farms Generating Electricity
In Broxford in Suffolk Santander are building a 60 hectare array of solar photo-voltaic panels, which they expect to generate 32.8 megawatt of electricity. The array is being built on a disused...
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Over Doing Insulation – the Health Consequences
I have always been a supporter of home insulation. Exactly six years ago I wrote a post which explained the benefits of home insulation but which contained the following caveat:- Insulation is very...
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